Contact: Lauren Kane / [email protected]@ucr.edu 951.827.4571 (o) / 951.827.3569 (f) / 916.761.1339 (c) UC Riverside Women’sWomen’s Basketball Game Notes Vol.Vol. 9, No. 16 2009-10 Women’s Basketball Schedule Game 16, Home Game 7 UC Riverside (3-12, 0-2) vs Cal State Northridge (2-11, 0-3) Date Opponent AP USA Time/ Today Result Thursday, January 14, 7:00 pm November Live Stats & Audio - gohighlanders.com Friday 13 Miami (FL) L, 63-86 Series Record 27-22, W 5 Sunday 15 Northern Arizona W, 81-63 Tuesday 17 Hawaii L, 58-63 Last Meeting UCR 62, CSUN 41, Feb. 14, 2009 at Riverside Friday 20 @ Vanderbilt 22 18 L, 60-75 Tuesday 24 @ Pepperdine W, 80-72 Friday 27 Purdue RV RV L, 53-65 HOME STAND BEGINS The UC Riverside women’s basketball team begins December Friday 4 San Diego State RV RV L, 59-66 a four-game home stand over the next two weeks Thursday 17 @ Oklahoma State RV L, 46-69 starting with their Jan. 14 meeting against Cal State Sunday 20 @ Kansas 22 RV L, 60-75 Northridge. Both teams have yet to win a Big West Wednesday 23 Arizona W, 65-53 Conference game. Sunday 27 @ Montana State L, 74-82 Tuesday 29 @ Montana L, 55-65 Head Coach John Margaritis is still in search of his 200th career victory, entering Thursday’s game with January a career mark of 199-159. The Highlanders will also Saturday 2 @ Long Beach State * L, 46-55 look to snap their current fi ve-game losing skid. Wednesday 6 @ CSU Bakersfi eld L, 70-85 Saturday 9 @ Cal State Fullerton * L, 60-78 CSUN is also on a fi ve-game losing streak, with their last win coming on Dec. Thursday 14 Cal State Northridge * 7:00 pm 20, 2009. Jasmine Erving leads the Matadors with 13.4 points per game and 5.6 Saturday 16 UC Santa Barbara * 5:00 pm rebounds per game. Thursday 21 Cal Poly * 7:00 pm Saturday 23 UC Irvine * 5:00 pm Thursday 28 @ UC Davis * 7:00 pm Saturday 30 @ Pacifi c * 4:00 pm February 2009-10 Women’s Basketball Thursday 4 @ Cal State Northridge * 7:00 pm Big West Standings Saturday 6 Cal State Fullerton * 5:00 pm Through Jan. 11 Thursday 11 @ UC Santa Barbara * 7:00 pm Saturday 13 @ Cal Poly * 4:00 pm |----Big West---| |---------------------All Games------------------| Thursday 18 @ UC Irvine * 7:00 pm W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Thursday 25 Pacifi c * 7:00 pm Cal State Fullerton 4 0 1.000 8 8 .500 4-3 3-4 1-1 Saturday 27 UC Davis * 5:00 pm UC Davis 3 1 .750 10 6 .625 5-3 5-3 0-0 Cal Poly 2 1 .667 9 5 .643 5-2 4-3 0-0 March Long Beach State 2 1 .667 6 9 .400 4-4 1-5 1-0 Saturday 6 Long Beach State * 5:00 pm UC Santa Barbara 2 1 .667 5 10 .333 2-5 3-5 0-0 Wed-Sat 10-13 @ Big West Tournament TBA UC Irvine 1 3 .250 4 12 .250 3-4 1-8 0-0 Pacifi c 1 3 .250 3 11 .214 2-5 1-6 0-0 All Times Pacifi c UC Riverside 0 2 .000 3 12 .200 2-4 1-8 0-0 * Big West Conference Games Cal State Northridge 0 3 .000 2 11 .154 1-7 1-4 0-0 RV - Receiving Votes in the national poll 2009-10 Women’s Basketball Preseason Media Poll No. School Pts. 1. UC Santa Barbara (10) 162 2. UC Davis (6) 155 3. Cal Poly (3) 146 4. UC Riverside (1) 112 5. Long Beach State 99 6. Pacifi c 87 7. Cal State Fullerton 59 8. Cal State Northridge 41 9. UC Irvine 39 ( ) First-place votes gohighlanders.com UC Riverside Women’sWomen’s Basketball Game Notes Vol.Vol. 9, No. 15 TODAY’S OPPONENT Cal State Fullerton Location .............................................. Northridge, CA Conference Record (Finish) ....................... 4-12 (8th) Enrollment ........................................................ 32,997 2008-09 Postseason ................................................N/A Founded ............................................................... 1958 Letter Winners R/L ................................................ 8/4 President .........................................Dr. Jolene Koester Starters R/L ............................................................ 2/3 Director of Athletics ..............................Rick Mazzuto Women’s Basketball SID ................Geoffrey Herberg Nickname ...................................................... Matadors Offi ce Phone ........................................ (818) 677-3243 Colors ....................................................Red and Black E-mail ............................... [email protected] Home Court ............................ The Matadome (1,600) Fax ....................................................... (818) 677-4950 Conference .....................................................Big West Press Row Phone ................................ (818) 677-4702 gomatadors.com Head Coach ............................................. Staci Schulz Record at School (years) .....................32-85 (4 years) Series Records Career Record (years) ....................................... Same Record ............................................................... 27-22 Associate Head Coach ............................ Carla Houser Streak ...................................................................W 5 Assistant Coaches ................ Cory O’Dell, Pat Charity Last Meeting ........... UCR 62, CSUN 41 at Riverside 2008-09 Overall Record .......................................8-23 Date ................................................ February 14, 2009 NEXT OPPONENT UC Santa Barbara Location ......................................... Santa Barbara, CA Conference Record (Finish) ........................15-1 (1st) Enrollment ........................................................ 20,847 2008-09 Postseason ....................... NCAA First Round Founded ............................................................... 1944 Letter Winners R/L ................................................ 8/7 President ............................................. Dr. Henry Yang Starters R/L ............................................................ 1/4 Director of Athletics ..............................Mark Massari Women’s Basketball SID ...........................Matt Hurst Nickname ....................................................... Gauchos Offi ce Phone ........................................ (805) 893-8603 Colors ....................................................Blue and Gold E-mail [email protected] ucsbgauchos.com Home Court .......................The Thunderdome (6,000) Fax ....................................................... (805) 893-4537 Conference .....................................................Big West Head Coach ...................................... Lindsay Gottlieb Series Records Record at School (years) .....................22-10 (1 years) Record ............................................................... 14-20 Career Record (years) ....................................... Same Streak .................................................................... L 4 Assistant Coaches ................................... Kelly Barsky Last Meeting ............UCSB 65, UCR 59 at Riverside ............................................. Jaida Williams, Selena Ho Date ...................................................... March 5, 2009 2008-09 Overall Record .....................................22-10 gohighlanders.com UC Riverside Women’sWomen’s Basketball Game Notes Vol.Vol. 9, No. 15 JOHN MARGARITIS Head Women’s Basketball Coach Head Coach John Margaritis has taken the High- Margaritis is no stranger to the Inland Empire, landers women’s basketball team to never-before-seen however, having spent 1993-97 at Cal State heights in his fi ve seasons in Riverside. Margaritis San Bernardino. After two years as the Coy- continues to rewrite the UCR record books averaging otes’ assistant, Margaritis was named interim 17.2 wins per season and making the postseason in head coach for the 1995-96 season. three of four years (two NCAA Tournament appearanc- He started his coaching career at Northeast- es and one WNIT appearance). The Highlanders have ern Illinois University, where he led the NAIA won two Big West Tournament titles and one Big West program to a record of 83-53 in his four years Conference regular season title during Margaritis’ UC there. Margaritis moved on to coach one sea- Riverside tenure, and he was named Big West Coach of son at National-Louis University in Illinois. the Year in 2007. He holds a degree in secondary physi- During his time in the Inland Empire, Margaritis cal education from Northeastern Illinois. helped develop Kemie Nkele into a four-time First- He and his wife, Laurie, have two sons, Team All-Big West Conference award winner, two- Peter and Chris. time Big West Player of the Year and two-time Defen- sive Player of the Year. Nkele and former Highlanders Seyram Gbewonyo and Katerina Glyniadaki are continuing their basketball careers at the professional level playing in Greece. In 2004-05 Margaritis was hired as just the seventh women’s basketball head coach in UCR history and just the second at the Division I level. He inherited a team that was 7-21 the year prior to his hiring and led them to a 16-13 record, the program’s fi rst winning season since 2001-02. Margaritis’ Career Head Coaching Capsule One year later, Margaritis and the Highlanders Year School Division Record Postseason/Notes stunned 10-time defending champion UC Santa Bar- 1981-82 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 10-22 bara 59-58 in the Big West Conference Tournament 1982-83 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 19-15 Championship game punching their fi rst-ever ticket to 1983-84 Northeastern Illinois NAIA 29-4 #6 national NAIA ranking the Big Dance since transitioning to NCAA Division I. 1984-85 Northeastern Illinois NAIA